Image forming apparatus

Abstract

In an image forming apparatus, a controller allows selection of one from a first setting mode and a second setting mode at an operating portion. The first setting mode allows operating conditions to be set at the operating portion. The second setting mode allows only some of the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion. If the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion, an operating condition settable in the second setting mode is set, and then the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the controller makes a setting of the operating condition having been set while the second setting mode is selected reflect in an operating condition to be set in the first setting mode.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An image forming apparatus having at least one function and permitting setting a plurality of operating conditions about the function,
 the image forming apparatus comprising: 
 an operating portion used for operation of setting the operating conditions; 
 an image processor that performs image processing in a manner that depends on a setting of an operating condition set at the operating portion; and 
 a controller that controls the operating portion and the image processor, 
 wherein the controller performs processes of: 
 (i) allowing selection of one from a first setting mode and a second setting mode at the operating portion, the first setting mode allowing the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion, the second setting mode allowing only some of the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion; and 
 (ii) regarding an operating condition to be set in the second setting mode, making a setting of a corresponding operating condition of an operating condition having been set while the first setting mode is selected reflect in the operating condition to be set in the second setting mode, and resetting a setting of an operating condition having been set in the first setting mode but not settable in the second setting mode, if the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the operating condition settable in the first setting mode is set, and then the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion. 
 
     
     
       2. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller performs processes of:
 (I) making a display portion of the operating portion display, in a selectable state, at least one of the operating conditions to become settable in the first setting mode; and 
 (II) registering an operating condition having been selected at the operating portion from the at least one of the operating conditions displayed on the display portion, as an operating condition settable in the second setting mode. 
 
     
     
       3. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 while the second setting mode is selected, a display portion of the operating portion displays icons respectively prepared for the some of the operating conditions settable in the second setting mode, and 
 the controller locates all of the icons on one screen to be displayed on the display portion or locates the icons separately on a plurality of screens to be displayed on the display portion in response to a command entered through the operating portion. 
 
     
     
       4. An image forming apparatus having at least one function and permitting setting a plurality of operating conditions about the function,
 the image forming apparatus comprising: 
 an operating portion used for operation of setting the operating conditions; 
 an image processor that performs image processing in a manner that depends on a setting of an operating condition set at the operating portion; and 
 a controller that controls the operating portion and the image processor, 
 wherein the controller performs processes of: 
 (i) allowing selection of one from a first setting mode and a second setting mode at the operating portion, the first setting mode allowing the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion, the second setting mode allowing only some of the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion; 
 (ii) making a setting of an operating condition having been set while the second setting mode is selected reflect in an operating condition to be set in the first setting mode, if the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the operating condition settable in the second setting mode is set, and then the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion; and 
 (iii) resetting each setting of an operating condition having been set while the first setting mode is selected, without reflecting the setting in an operating condition settable in the second setting mode, if the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the operating condition settable in the first setting mode is set, and then the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion. 
 
     
     
       5. An image forming apparatus having at least one function and permitting setting a plurality of operating conditions about the function,
 the image forming apparatus comprising: 
 an operating portion used for operation of setting the operating conditions; 
 an image processor that performs image processing in a manner that depends on a setting of an operating condition set at the operating portion; and 
 a controller that controls the operating portion and the image processor, 
 wherein the controller performs processes of: 
 (i) allowing selection of one from a first setting mode and a second setting mode at the operating portion, the first setting mode allowing the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion, the second setting mode allowing only some of the operating conditions to be set at the operating portion; 
 (ii) making a setting of an operating condition having been set while the second setting mode is selected reflect in an operating condition to be set in the first setting mode, if the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the operating condition settable in the second setting mode is set, and then the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion; 
 wherein if the first setting mode is selected at the operating portion, an operating condition settable in the first setting mode is set, and then the second setting mode is selected at the operating portion, the controller performs one of processes (iii) and (iv) in response to a command entered through the operating portion: 
 (iii) regarding an operating condition to be set in the second setting mode, making a setting of a corresponding operating condition of the operating condition having been set while the first setting mode is selected reflect in the operating condition to be set in the second setting mode; and 
 (iv) resetting each setting of the operating condition having been set while the first setting mode is selected, without reflecting the setting in an operating condition settable in the second setting mode.